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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

… Economy and Development portfolio after Greek American economist Dimitri Papadimitriou quit … George Chouliarakis were left unchanged. Greece is currently being vetted by … call Macedonia but Greece calls FYROM. Aspiring to make Greece a key …

By: Catherine Tsounis, Contributor The February 4, 2018 Athens rally opposing the SYRIZA government’s policy of allowing FYROM (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) call itself Macedonia is causing a rewriting of history in Greece. Mr. Dimitris Fillipidis on February 13th Hellas FM broadcast reported Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris wants to rename the city’s airport, currently named Macedonia […] The post How Does the Average Greek-American View the Renaming of FYROM as Macedonia in 2018? appeared first on Hellenic News of America.

ONE person was wounded when a grenade, thrown by unidentified assailants, detonated near a police station in a suburb of Greece's capital Athens on 26 February, Reuters reported. An unidentified anarchist group claimed responsibility for the attack later ...

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Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, announced a limited cabinet reshuffle after two ministers in the leftwing Syriza government resigned over a housing subsidy scandal and a third stepped down for health reasons. The premier put three veteran ...

LSU President F. King Alexander is moving forward with major changes to Greek Life. On Wednesday morning, Alexander announced his plans in a letter to the LSU community. Alexander also appeared on 9News This Morning, where he said there will be a zero ...

BATON ROUGE -- LSU President F. King Alexander Wednesday accepted the reform recommendations of the university's Task Force on GREEK Life, but created three new policy standards. Alexander's additional policy states that any student organization that hazes a student will be removed from ...

"I know exactly what the fraternity and sorority life community can do when raising money in regards to GREEK Week, but I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the 29 organizations raised more than $70,000," said Fraternity and Sorority Life Assistant Director Jordan Borchert. "It is not only about the ...

Outside the living rooms of GREEK families and the occasional music professor, there's only one place you'll hear the sharp, metallic sound of the bouzouki, a string instrument in the same family as the mandolin and the lute, on a given Tuesday night: Athena GREEK Taverna, where the letters of the ...

ATHENS – Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has appointed Yiannis Dragasakis as Greece’s new Economy and Development Minister, in place of Dimitris Papadimitriou, in a mini reshuffle […] The post SYRIZA Announces Mini Cabinet Reshuffle appeared first on The National Herald.

NEW YORK – An introduction to ARCAthens (Artist Residency Center Athens) was held on February 27 under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in […] The post Introducing ARCAthens at Event in New York City appeared first on The National Herald.

A Greece woman has pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the stabbing death of her boyfriend back in August. Prosecutors say 42-year-old Cynthia Whitaker and 69-year-old Michael Taylor were arguing at his home on Old Edgemere Drive on Aug. 7.

"Europe continues to be a place of interest for many Delta Vacations customers because of its extensive cultural heritage, variety of activities and easy accessibility," said Elizabeth Moriarty, Delta Vacations vice president, product development.

Life expectancy in Greece rose for decades but dropped in 2015, in the sixth year of economic crisis and austerity measures that brought also dramatic expenditure cuts in the health sector. According to data from Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), after 2014 there was a fall in Greek life expectancy to 81.1 years … The post Life expectancy in Greece dropped in 2015 for the first time, says OECD appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras proceeded with a mini government reshuffle on Wednesday, after he lost two ministers over the rent subsidy scandal. However, the Prime Minister did not only replaced ministers Antonopoulou and Papadimitriou but made also some changes in other ministers. The most striking changes are: a) the removal of Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas … The post Gov’t reshuffle: Migration minister goes, controversial politician back on stage appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.

ATHENS, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras proceeded to a mini cabinet reshuffle, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos announced on Wednesday following the resignation of both the economy minister and his wife, a deputy labor ...

Thessaloniki, Greece, Feb 28 (Prensa Latina) The Greek-Cuban Friendship Association with Cuba in Thessaloniki rejected the economic blockade the United States has maintained on the Caribbean island, during an event for the 59th anniversary of the triumph ...

A mini cabinet reshuffle has taken place in Greece on Wednesday following a scandal over a housing allowance which saw the resignation of two ministers this week. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appointed current Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis as ...

ATHENS, Feb. 28 ((Xinhua) -- Greece's bitcoin community grows in recent years, buoyed by the capital controls imposed on the traditional banking system since the summer of 2015, users and investors told Xinhua, although local authorities warn about the ...

Aaron Ochoa and Jessica Marrello were named GREEK Man and Woman of the Year at the conclusion of last week's GREEK Week. Each year, the University of New Mexico's fraternities and sororities on campus join together for the contests, events and fundraising for a local charitable cause during GREEK ...

GORHAM — Top-seeded Mynderse faced fifth-seeded Greece Odyssey in Tuesday night’s first of two Section V Class B boys basketball semifinals held at Marcus Whitman’s gymnasium. The Blue Devils and Leoprads entered a game that would turn out to be a ...

Dr. Costas G. Fountzoulas The struggle of the enslaved Greeks against their ruthless rulers, the Ottoman Turks, officially started on the 25th of March 1821 in the monastery of Hagia Lavra, Kalavryta. Germanos, the bishop of Paleon Patron, raised the banner of the revolution and blessed the arms of the captains of the revolting Greeks. […] The post The 25th of March, 1821–Greek Independence Day appeared first on Hellenic News of America.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece’s government was poised to announce a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, a government official said, in a move expected to keep key ministers of finance and foreign affairs in their posts. A mini cabinet reshuffle was expected ...

CHICAGO, IL – The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago and the Metropolis of Detroit, currently both under the leadership of Metropolitan Nicholas, together with Order of […] The post Indiana House of Representatives Unanimously Passes HR28, Archon Resolution appeared first on The National Herald.

ATHENS – The Athens National Observatory will lead students in a review of ancient Greek mathematician Eratosthenes’ experiment to calculate the radius and circumference of […] The post Eratosthenes’ Earth-Μeasuring Εxperiment to Βe Ρevisited at Athens Observatory appeared first on The National Herald.

ATHENS, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Greece’s parliament gave the go-ahead on Wednesday for companies including France’s Total and Italy’s Edison to explore for oil and gas in the west of the country. Licences for four blocks - one offshore and three on land ...

Greek life will be facing new regulations concerning social events, recruitment and more on its return. No registered social events with alcohol will be allowed for fraternities or sororities not already on social probation until Sept. 1, 2018, according ...

When airstrikes intensified on their village in Deir Ezzor, Syria, Fatima al-Abdallah and her children left home without a moment to pack a suitcase. They fled along the Euphrates river, sleeping in the grass as they went. While war continued to ravage ...

President Mark B. Rosenberg shared the following message with the university community on Feb. 28, 2018: We continue to work together to strengthen fraternity and sorority life at FIU and align it with who we are as an institution. This is an update to my ...

Violence and school safety is very top of mind these days. Greece Police Sgt. Jared Rene was our featured guest on this week's Crime Stoppers Most Wanted with thoughts on this very timely topic. Note: This segment aired early Tuesday morning. Later in the ...

Trending StoriesTrending StoriesMore>> Updated: Tuesday, February 27 2018 11:02 PM EST2018-02-28 04:02:52 GMT The man who swore to uphold the law as chief of police in Lumberton appears to break it, in front of a camera. WDAM has obtained video …

… settle a decades-long dispute with Greece over its name, Prime Minister … territorial claims over a northern Greek region of the same name … change Macedonia’s constitution, something Greece had also asked for in …

… holding extensive talks with neighboring Greece in recent months in an … , which Greeks say implies territorial claims to a northern region of Greece … change the Macedonian Constitution, as Greece also objects to a few …

The overall findings from the initiative which began September 29 of last fall, immediately following the death of Maxwell Gruver, showcased several major issues which Alexander divided into three categories: University policies, transparency related to chapter behavior, and GREEK culture on campus.